The Cleveland 50: The Infamous Blizzard of 1978

This blizzard for the ages snowed Cleveland in for two late January days.

by Sheehan Hannan | Mar. 29, 2022 | 12:00 PM

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The worst blizzard in living memory buried Northeast Ohio in snowdrifts, stranded truckers on highways, iced ships in on Lake Erie and gave Clevelanders of a certain vintage a perennial rejoinder whenever anyone complains about the snow: “Suck it up bucko, 1978 was so much worse!"

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